title: Overview of presurgical assessment and surgical treatment of epilepsy from the Italian League Against Epilepsy.
abstract: The Commission for Epilepsy Surgery of the Italian League Against Epilepsy (LICE) presents an overview of the techniques and methodologies of presurgical evaluation and of the surgical treatment of epilepsies. This overview is the result of the experience developed in the past years in the major Italian centers where programs of epilepsy surgery have been established, and it has the aim of offering a quick and easy reference tool for those involved in the treatment of patients with epilepsy. The sharing of different experiences has the additional aim of conforming and disseminating the employed techniques as well as the methods of selection and evaluation of patients. The synthetic coverage of the main issues concerning the presurgical workup and the available surgical options will hopefully provide a framework that may integrate and develop the contributions of every single center, in one of the more complex, challenging, and dynamic areas of neurological sciences.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurology Unit and Laboratories, Children's Hospital A. Meyer-University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guerrini
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scerrati
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rubboli
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Colicchio
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cossu
authors.forename: Carlo Efisio
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Marras
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tassi
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tinuper
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paola Canevini
authors.forename: Pierpaolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quarato
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Granata
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Villani
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giulioni
authors.forename: Pina
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scarpa
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barbieri
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bottini
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Del Sole
authors.forename: Giampaolo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vatti
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spreafico
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lo Russo
mesh_terms: D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Presurgical evaluation